Michael Delamar Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 grubby compound at mystery location ? by Kerry Parker (KP), on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tom F Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 (edited) Is that a Gresley behind? Could she be approaching Challoners Whin Junction on the approach to York on the ECML? Just a wild guess mind! EDIT I hadn't noticed the reporting number....that rules that one out! Edited March 22, 2012 by Tom F Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Lie of the land behind suggests Ayrshire as a possibility. Dave. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I have absolutely no idea of location, but when I saw the picture I immediately thought of North Norfolk, around Cromer way somewhere; why? Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 No way is that Norfolk - I think Max is on the right track - that open expanse of water and the low mountain in the distance is very evocative... (My first thought was it could be Anglesey seen from afar but the line seems to be in the wrong place... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Looks to be a 4-track formation or a junction. Wonder if it's near Holywell or Shotton...? The Llandudno-Birmingham's often had Compound's on them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 50th anniversary shot...1962 at Manchester Central yard... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 ^ Oh my God, he looks a bit like the playwright Samuel Beckett. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Oh my God, he looks a bit like the playwright Samuel Beckett. Yay. I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 This is turning into a theatre of the absurd! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Looks to be a 4-track formation or a junction. Wonder if it's near Holywell or Shotton...? The Llandudno-Birmingham's often had Compound's on them. I'd go for something in that area too. The ballasting in the photo would never be acceptable in a model.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Shot of the model seen on the Alexandra Palace exhibition thread. Go find. It looks good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 ^ Oh my God, he looks a bit like the playwright Samuel Beckett. Looks like he's waiting for Godot! ;-) Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Shot of the model seen on the Alexandra Palace exhibition thread. Go find. It looks good I found several RM threads under 'Alexandria Palace' but none had pics of a compound... can you be more specific? Perhaps I am just blind... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) Rob, Second shot/loco down: http://www.rmweb.co....post__p__648488 Edited March 25, 2012 by Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iak Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... That again looks very promising! Talk about Christmas in spring.................. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 couple of shots of hand painted example at Ally pally 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 couple of shots of hand painted example at Ally pally Looking good. Neat chimney and dome.............So much for all the effort I put into mine at Xmas! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Does anyone know if the LMS design Compounds ran in black prior to WW2 or is "LMS Black" the model has been announced in the wartime or postwar livery? I was sure when they were built they were painted Crimson Lake, but I suppose it is possible they started to emerge in black in the late 1930s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 26, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 26, 2012 (edited) Does anyone know if the LMS design Compounds ran in black prior to WW2 or is "LMS Black" the model has been announced in the wartime or postwar livery? I was sure when they were built they were painted Crimson Lake, but I suppose it is possible they started to emerge in black in the late 1930s. While reading this I happened to have Brian Haresnape's book "Railway Liveries 1923-1947" on my desk to check something else. On page 114 he states that from 1928 to 1939, the second period, the number of locomotives using crimson lake was now restricted to the more important and modern. i.e: 4-6-2s, Royal Scots, Jubilees, Claughtons, Hughes 4-6-0s and 4-4-0 compounds. This is the period with "LMS" on the tender. They were of course crimson lake prior to 1928 with the loco number on the tender. From 1939 onwards any repaints were black. David Edited, as usual, to correct my poor typing. Edited March 26, 2012 by DaveF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OFFTHE RAILS Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 As the model is obviously an LMS 6'9" compound and not the Midland version may I suggest Andy or someone amends the incorrect title of this topic. (Perhaps Bachmann should get this right in their advertising too) The photos of the pre-production model look very good and I will have to generate an excuse for one wandering down my imaginary extension of the S&D. Ian 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Interesting, so it looks like in releasing it in "LMS Black" they are either doing a wartime utility repaint, or the post war "Ivatt" lined black. Unusual choice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 couple of shots of hand painted example at Ally pally Very nice slidebars, rods, external brakerods, and sand pipes too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Postwar LMS black is merely unlined black, an extension of wartime painting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Lancaster Green Ayre by Kerry Parker (KP), on Flickr 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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